Bibliograph

Animals in motion, short stories, David Ryan

Type

Label

Animals in motion, short stories, David Ryan

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Animals in motion

Oclc number

881437826

Responsibility statement

David Ryan

Sub title

short stories

Summary

In his debut collection, Ryan explores the human psyche in 13 parable-like tales. In “Fidelity,” a man kidnaps his son from the boy<U+2019>s mother and drives with him through the California desert, soon realizing that he has no idea of where he wants to go. “At Night” follows a former mental patient who routinely stalks a waitress on her way home and watches her as she sleeps. “Woman Descending” follows a man<U+2019>s quest for peace in his new apartment, despite a next-door neighbor who never turns off her radio in a building locally famous for its many tenant suicides. In “The Bull Elk,” Ryan makes an unlikely messiah out of the title creature, and in “The Dogs” he turns two German shepherds into emblems of human loneliness. Ryan<U+2019>s landscapes are carefully crafted to help frame his central concepts, while his animal characters serve as reminders that pain is universal. As a whole, Ryan<U+2019>s collection triumphs as a spiritual and cerebral journey through oft-ignored parts of the human<U+2014>and animal<U+2014>psyche. (July) --Staff (Reviewed May 12, 2014) (Publishers Weekly, vol 261, issue 19, p)

Table Of Contents

The canyon -- State forests -- Roswell -- The bull elk -- Mouth -- Talent -- The good life -- Women descending -- The runner -- Fidelity -- At night -- The dogs -- Security

Target audience

adult

Creator